Polishing composition

ABSTRACT

A polishing composition comprising abrasive particles, a compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium, an anionic additive, a halogen oxides compound or salts thereof, and a carrier solvent is provided herein. The polishing composition is suitable for chemical mechanical polishing process of SiGe, Si and SiO 2  substrates. The compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent can effectively raise the removal rate for SiGe and Si substrates, and increase the polishing selectivity of SiGe and Si relative to SiO 2 , simultaneously.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a chemical mechanical polishing slurrycomposition, and in particular, to a polishing composition for polishinga silicon germanium alloy substrate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Recently, semiconductor manufacturing process has downed to the 16/14 nmscale, namely, advanced to the nodes below 10 nm, and adoptingtransistors with a three-dimensional structure, such as a fin-shapedfield effect transistor (Fin-FET) with treating a group III-V and agermanium as its channel materials. Since the III-V group semiconductorwafer material can provide ten to thirty times higher electron mobilityand the germanium provides more than four times higher hole mobility,than that of silicon material, whereby gate leakage current problem ofthe transistor can be effectively controlled, and the electron mobilitycan be raised, which can significantly enhance the chip operationperformance, and at the same time reduce the power consumption.Therefore, various applications for the III-V group compounds,especially germanium (Ge), silicon-germanium (SiGe) and so forth arehighly expected.

In sub-micron semiconductor manufacturing process, chemical mechanicalpolishing (CMP) is usually used to achieve global planarization on awafer surface. However, in metal CMP technique, metal dishing, erosion,corrosion and other polishing flaws often occurred on a metal surface.To carry out the CMP to the above mentioned Fin-FET which adoptedsilicon-germanium as its primary material, for example, a Fin-FETstructure published in US patent US 2011/0291188 A1 and US 2012/0168913A1, silicon, silicon-germanium and silicon dioxide substrates thereofwill be simultaneously grinded so that the removal ratio of theabove-mentioned substrates will be restricted.

US Pat. US2012/0190210 A1 discloses that presently CMP slurry used forpolishing silicon substrate usually contains ammonia-like pungent odorof ethylenediamine, other amines, or hydrofluoric acid which bringshighly dangerous for human exposure. In view of this, it is necessary todevelop a non-odor and hydrofluoric acid free polishing composition,which can effectively enhance the removal rate of silicon-containingsubstrate, and still does not cause severe corrosion to the grindingobjects.

Please refer to Table 1, which is a chart of collecting contrastexamples, with using a polishing composition consisting of hydrogenperoxide and ethylenediamine for polishing silicon-germanium substrate(the silicon-germanium substrate contents 10% to 80% of germanium),silicon substrate, and silicon dioxide substrate, wherein the hydrogenperoxide is used as an oxidant and the ethylenediamine functions as acatalyst. In general polishing applications, the oxidant is used toproduce a easily removable oxide layer on the metal substrate, aninhibitor is configured to block the oxidation reaction, the catalyst isused to facilitate the removal of metal, and a surfactant is used toprevent abrasive particles from aggregating and to provide lubricatingeffect so as to reduce scratching defects, and a buffer is used to keeppH value stable at a nearly constant.

A Polishing test were conducted according to the following conditions.The result is recorded on Table 1.

Polishing machine: Mirra 8″ Polish

Polishing pad: IC1010

Clean solution: deionized water

Wafer: SiGe blanket wafer, tetraethylortho silicate (TEOS) blanketwafer, bare silicon blanket wafer

Polishing time 1 min.

Head DF: 1.5 psi

Platen/head speed: 73/67 rpm

TABLE 1 SiO₂ Hydrogen SiO₂ content Peroxide Ethylenediamine Si R.R SiGeR.R. R.R. SiGe SER (wt %) (wt %) (ppm) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min)Contrast example 1 1 1 0 28 2450 12 503 Contrast example 2 1 0 1000 4210 28 0 Contrast example 3 1 1 1000 45 2500 28 497 Contrast example 4 11 5000 145 2520 20 489

In Table 1, a static etching rate (SER) of the silicon-germaniumsubstrate is obtained by calculating the weight difference in a mannerof placing a 3 cm×3 cm silicon-germanium substrate into the polishingcomposition for 5 minutes. As shown in the contrast examples 1-4 oftable 1, adopting hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant can obtain asilicon-germanium removal rate (RR) greater than 2000 Å/min but a staticetching rate near to 500 Å/min that may cause surface corrosion to theabove mentioned substrates. Furthermore, adding ethylenediamine as thecatalyst to enhance the removal rate of the silicon substrate is alsolimited. Therefore, using the hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant cannoteffectively control the removal rate and the static etching rate ofvarious substrates.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To resolve the aforementioned drawbacks, an invention objective of thepresent invention is to provide a polishing composition for polishing asilicon-germanium alloy substrate, which retains a greatersilicon-germanium removal rate (RR) and a lower static etching rate, aseffectively controlling the removal rate and the static etching rate forvarious substrates.

To achieve the invention objective, a polishing composition forpolishing a silicon-germanium alloy substrate, according to the presentinvention, comprises: abrasive particles; a compound having hexavalentmolybdenum or a pentavalent vanadium for carrying out a catalyticreaction and an oxidation reaction directly to the silicon-germaniumalloy substrate; and a carrier solvent, wherein a content of theabrasive particles is in a range 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, and a content ofthe compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium is ina range 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the polishingcomposition further comprises an anionic additive, wherein a content ofwhich is in a range from 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, thepolishing composition further comprises a halogen oxides compound orsalts thereof, wherein a content of the halogen oxides compound or saltsthereof is in a range from 0.05 wt % to 5 wt %.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the abrasiveparticles are selected from colloidal silica or fumed silica.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the compoundhaving hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium is selected fromthe group consisting of molybdenum trioxide, molybdic acid,phosphomolybdic acid, vanadium pentoxide, sodium metavanadate, andsodium vanadate.

According to on embodiment of the present invention, the anionicadditive is selected from the group consisting of potassium fluoride,sodium fluoride, ammonium fluoride, trifluoroacetic acid, potassiumtrifluoroacetate, and sodium trifluoroacetate.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the halogen oxidescompound or salts thereof is selected from the group consisting ofpotassium periodate, potassium iodate, potassium perchlorate, sodiumperchlorate, potassium chlorate, sodium chlorate, and sodiumhypochlorite.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the carriersolvent comprises water.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the polishingcomposition has a pH value in a range of 7 to 12.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the polishingcomposition is used for a chemical mechanical polishing tosilicon-germanium substrate, silicon substrate, and the silicon dioxidesubstrate. And a content of germanium in the silicon-germanium substrateis in a range from 10% to 80%.

According to the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein astatic etching rate of the silicon-germanium substrate is 0 Å/min.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

For a better understanding of the aforementioned content of the presentinvention, preferable embodiments are illustrated in accordance with theattached figures as follows. The patentable scope of the presentinvention is not limited to these embodiments; it should be defined bythe claims.

The present invention provides a polishing composition comprising:abrasive particles; a compound having hexavalent molybdenum compound orpentavalent vanadium; and a carrier solvent. The abrasive particles areprinciple component of the polishing composition, and are commonly seenof silica particles (SiO₂) and alumina particles (Al₂O₃), etc., whereinthe silica particles can be divided into colloidal silica and fumedsilica. The alumina particles typically have higher hardness, which mayeasily cause metal wire defects such as scratches after a planarizationprocess. Therefore, according to one embodiment of the presentinvention, the abrasive particles are selected from colloidal silica orfumed silica.

Moreover, abrasive particle concentration is also an important factorfor wafer polishing, if the concentration of the abrasive particles istoo high, the effect of mechanical polishing will be accelerated, thusit is easily to cause polishing defects such as erosion on the surface,and an exorbitant removal rate of a silicon dioxide substrate which ledto a low selectivity ratio; on the other hand, if the concentration ofthe abrasive particles is too low, it is disadvantageous to themechanical polishing and the desired removal rate cannot be achieved.Thus, in one embodiment of the present invention, a content of theabrasive particles presented in the carrier solvent solution is in arange from 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, wherein the carrier solvent is deionizedwater or other solutions containing water.

The compound (M) having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadiumhas oxidation capability, which can conduct a chemical insertionreaction by inserting itself into Si—Si bond of a silicon substrate tobreak the Si—Si bond, and forming a formation of Si-M-Si, after that,making use of its own oxidation ability to oxidize the Si-M-Si formationinto SiO₂, so as to achieve the purpose of removal. Since the abovereaction of breaking the Si—Si bond is called rate determining step, sothat the compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadiumis also referred as a metal catalyst for enhancing the removal rate andselectivity ratio between the substrates. The compound having hexavalentmolybdenum or pentavalent vanadium is selected from the group consistingof molybdenum trioxide, molybdic acid, phosphomolybdic acid, vanadiumpentoxide, sodium metavanadate, and sodium vanadate, but is not limitedto. Furthermore, the compound having hexavalent molybdenum orpentavalent vanadium relative to the total weight of the polishingcomposition is 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.

Embodiments 1-17

Please refer to the following Table 2, which collects embodiments forpolishing silicon-germanium substrate (content of germanium in thesilicon-germanium substrate is in a range from 10% to 80%), siliconsubstrate, and silicon dioxide substrate by using the polishingcomposition as described above of the present invention. The polishingconditions for the embodiments are the same as that of the contrastexamples in Table 1, which will not be described herein.

TABLE 2 SiO₂ Vanadium content pentoxide Si R.R. SiGe R.R. SiO₂ R.R. SiGeSER (wt %) (ppm) pH (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) Embodiment 1 1 0 1025 15 10 0 Embodiment 2 1 100 10 100 40 12 0 Embodiment 3 1 500 10 35095 15 0 Embodiment 4 1 1500 10 685 158 18 0 Embodiment 5 1 3000 10 782256 19 0 Embodiment 6 1 5000 10 801 271 17 0 Embodiment 7 1 10000 10 810282 20 0 Embodiment 8 1 3000 7.0 790 249 16 0 Embodiment 9 1 3000 12 771280 21 0 SiO₂ Molybdenum content trioxide Si R.R. SiGe R.R. SiO₂ R.R.SiGe SER (wt %) (ppm) PH (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) Embodiment 10 1100 10 105 55 11 0 Embodiment 11 1 500 10 401 100 15 Embodiment 12 11500 10 638 240 15 0 Embodiment 13 1 3000 10 842 250 16 0 Embodiment 141 5000 10 863 258 17 0 Embodiment 15 1 10000 10 869 260 19 0 Embodiment16 1 5000 7.0 858 269 13 0 Embodiment 17 1 5000 12 873 263 15 0

As shown in embodiments 1-9 of Table 2, in an alkaline environment, whena concentration of the catalyst, vanadium pentoxide (pentavalentvanadium) is in a range of 100˜40000 ppm, it is capable to raise theremoval rate of silicon, and slightly increases the removal rate ofsilicon-germanium; however, as the concentration of the vanadiumpentoxide increases to a certain level, the removal rates ofsilicon-germanium and silicon are gradually slowed down, while thepolishing composition does not significantly affect the removal rate ofthe silicon dioxide.

As shown in embodiments 10-17, in an alkaline environment, when aconcentration of the catalyst, molybdenum trioxide (hexavalentmolybdenum) is in a range of 100˜4 0000 ppm, it is capable to raise theremoval rate of silicon, and slightly increases the removal rate ofsilicon-germanium. The alkaline environment herementioned isspecifically in a pH scale ranging from 7 to 12.

Thus, compared to the contrast examples 1-4, the compound havinghexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium added in the polishingcomposition can significantly raise the removal rate of silicon, and atthe same time increase the polishing selectivity of silicon-germaniumand silicon relative to silicon dioxide.

Embodiments 18-25

In another embodiment of the present invention, the polishingcomposition may also comprise: abrasive particles, anionic additive, anda carrier solvent. Where the abrasive particles relative to the totalweight of the polishing composition are 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, and areselected from colloidal silica or fumed silica; the anionic additive isselected from the group consisting of potassium fluoride, sodiumfluoride, ammonium fluoride, trifluoroacetic acid, potassiumtrifluoroacetate, and sodium trifluoroacetate, but is not limited to.Preferably, the anionic additive relative to the total weight of thepolishing composition is 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.

Please refer to Table 3, which collects another embodiments forpolishing silicon-germanium substrate (content of germanium in thesilicon-germanium substrate is in a range from 10% to 80%), siliconsubstrate, and silicon dioxide substrate by using the polishingcomposition as described above of the present invention. The polishingconditions for the embodiments are the same as that of the contrastexamples in Table 1, which will not be described herein.

TABLE 3 SiO₂ Potassium content fluoride Trifluoroacetate Si R.R. SiGeR.R. SiO₂ R.R. SiGe SER (wt %) (ppm) (ppm) pH (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min)(Å/min) Embodiment 18 1 100 0 10 55 22 13 0 Embodiment 19 1 2000 0 10145 30 11 0 Embodiment 20 1 5000 0 10 151 33 12 0 Embodiment 21 1 100000 10 174 35 15 0 Embodiment 22 1 0 100 10 50 25 13 0 Embodiment 23 1 02000 10 98 28 11 0 Embodiment 24 1 0 5000 10 102 29 10 0 Embodiment 25 10 10000 10 120 33 14 0

Since the anionic additive and the silicon have a stronger attractiveforce, a strong Si—F bond is therefore generated between the silicon andthe anionic additive, such as fluoride ions of potassium fluoride listedin Table 3, so that the anionic additive can further assist the siliconsubstrate to break the Si—Si bond and achieve the removal purpose. Asshown in the embodiments 18-25 of Table 3, in an alkaline environment,when a concentration of the anionic additive, potassium fluoride ortrifluoroacetate is in a range of 100˜10000 ppm, it is capable to raisethe removal rates of silicon and silicon-germanium, while the polishingcomposition does not significantly affect the removal rate of silicondioxide.

In comprehensive view of the above embodiments 1-25, the compound havinghexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium, and the anionic additiveboth can improve the removal rates of silicon and silicon-germanium;however, the removal rates of silicon-germanium and silicon graduallyslowed down as the concentration of the compound having hexavalentmolybdenum or pentavalent vanadium, and the anionic additive increase.

Embodiments 26-34

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, aside from theabrasive particles and the carrier solvent, the polishing compositionmay simultaneously contain the compound having hexavalent molybdenum orpentavalent vanadium and the anion additive. The abrasive particles areselected from colloidal silica or fumed silica, and preferably, relativeto the total weight of the polishing composition are 0.01 wt % to 5 wt%; the compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium isselected form the group consisting of molybdenum trioxide, molybdicacid, phosphomolybdic acid, vanadium pentoxide, sodium metavanadate, andsodium vanadate, but is not limited to, The compound having hexavalentmolybdenum or pentavalent vanadium, and the anionic additive relative tothe total weight of the polishing composition are preferably, 0.01 wt %to 1.0 wt %.

Please refer to Table 4, which collects still yet another embodimentsfor polishing silicon-germanium substrate (content of germanium in thesilicon-germanium substrate is 10 to 80%), silicon substrate, andsilicon dioxide substrate by using the polishing composition asdescribed above of the present invention. The polishing conditions forthe embodiments are the same as that of the contrast examples in Table1, which will not be described herein.

TABLE 4 SiO₂ Vanadium Potassium Molybdenum Si SiGe SiO₂ SiGe contentpentoxide fluoride trioxide Trifluoroacetate R.R. R.R. R.R. SER (w.t %)(ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) pH (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) Embodiment 261 100 2000 0 0 10 200 80 15 0 Embodiment 27 1 1500 2000 0 0 10 932 30117 0 Embodiment 28 1 5000 2000 0 0 10 995 370 22 0 Embodiment 29 1 100002000 0 0 10 1040 375 25 0 Embodiment 30 1 1500 100 0 0 10 700 170 20 0Embodiment 31 1 1500 5000 0 0 10 935 320 24 0 Embodiment 32 1 1500 100000 0 10 940 350 22 0 Embodiment 33 1 1500 0 0 2000 10 726 203 19 0Embodiment 34 1 0 2000 1500 0 10 922 339 18 0 Embodiment 35 1 0 0 15002000 10 752 298 12 0

As shown in the embodiments 26-35 of Table 4, when a 1500 ppm ofvanadium pentoxide or molybdenum trioxide (as the metal catalyst) mixwith a 100˜10,000 ppm of potassium fluoride or a 2000 ppm oftrifluoroacetic acid (as the anionic additive), in an alkalineenvironment, the polishing composition can further raise the removalrate of silicon and silicon-germanium, while it does not significantlyaffect the removal rate of the silicon dioxide. As shown in Table 4, asthe concentration of vanadium pentoxide and the potassium fluorideincrease to a certain level, the removal rates of silicon-germanium andsilicon are gradually slowed down, however, the removal rate of thesilicon dioxide has not significantly affected.

Embodiments 36-53

Since in Table 4, the removal rate of silicon-germanium is still low,and therefore, in still yet another embodiment of the present invention,aside from the abrasive particles, the carrier solvent, the compoundhaving hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium, and the anionicadditive, the polishing composition may further comprises a halogenoxides compound or salts thereof, which is selected from the groupconsisting of potassium periodate, potassium iodate, potassiumperchlorate, sodium perchlorate, potassium chlorate, sodium chlorate,and sodium hypochlorite, but is not limited to. A concentration of thehalogen oxides compound relative to the total weight of the polishingcomposition is, for example, from 0.05 wt % to 5 wt %.

Please refer to Table 5, which collects still yet another embodimentsfor polishing silicon-germanium substrate (content of germanium in thesilicon-germanium substrate is 10 to 80%), silicon substrate, andsilicon dioxide substrate by using the polishing composition asdescribed above of the present invention. The polishing conditions forthe embodiments are the same as that of the contrast examples in Table1, which will not be described herein.

TABLE 5 SiO₂ Vanadium Potassium Potassium Si SiGe SiO₂ SiGe contentpentoxide fluoride iodate R.R. R.R. R.R. SER (wt %) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) pH(Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) Embodiment 36 1 1500 2000 5000 10 1103950 25 0 Embodiment 37 1 1500 2000 10000 10 1321 1011 22 0 Embodiment 381 1500 2000 500 10 1180 370 24 0 Embodiment 39 1 1500 2000 50000 10 12001800 26 0 Embodiment 40 1 1500 2000 5000 7.0 1089 963 22 0 Embodiment 411 1500 2000 5000 12 1158 932 18 0 Embodiment 42 0.01 1500 2000 10000 10120 380 5 0 Embodiment 43 3 1500 2000 10000 10 2111 1401 185 0Embodiment 44 5 1500 2000 10000 10 3512 1723 403 0 SiO₂ MolybdenumPotassium Sodium Si SiGe SiO₂ SiGe content trioxide fluoridehypochlorite R.R. R.R. R.R. SER (wt %) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) pH (Å/min)(Å/min) (Å/min) (Å/min) Embodiment 45 1 1500 2000 1000 10 1108 850 30 0Embodiment 46 1 1500 2000 5000 10 1268 1276 31 0 Embodiment 47 1 15002000 500 10 950 451 30 0 Embodiment 48 1 1500 2000 50000 10 1375 1788 350 Embodiment 49 1 1500 2000 1000 7.0 1050 831 29 0 Embodiment 50 1 15002000 1000 12 1201 870 34 0 Embodiment 51 0.01 1500 2000 5000 10 118 4006 0 Embodiment 52 3 1500 2000 5000 10 2207 1378 198 0 Embodiment 53 51500 2000 5000 10 3410 1683 451 0

In the embodiments 36-53, a 500˜50000 ppm of potassium iodate or sodiumhypochlorite (as the oxidant) is further added to the carrier solvent,which has a 1500 ppm of vanadium pentoxide or trioxide (as the metalcatalyst), and a 2000 ppm of potassium fluoride (as the anionicadditive). As shown in Table 5, the presence of the oxidant can furtherraise the removal rate of silicon, and significantly increase theremoval rate of silicon-germanium. A zero static etching rate isobtained, even when pH value changes from 7 to 12, the removal rates ofsilicon, silicon-germanium and silicon dioxide still remain close. Inaddition, the embodiments 42-44 and 51-53 further show that, the removalrates of silicon, silicon-germanium, and silica dioxide increase as theconcentration of the abrasive particles increase.

Compared the above contrast examples with embodiments, we can know thatthe oxidant, halogen oxides compound can oxide silicon substrate andsilicon-germanium substrate, so as to form an oxidation layer tofacilitate the removal rates, with the presence of the anionic additiveand the compound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium,can elastically adjust the removal ratio of silicon substrate,silicon-germanium substrate, and silicon dioxide substrate. For example,in the embodiment 31, a selectivity of silicon relative to silicondioxide is 60:1; a selectivity of silicon-germanium relative to silicondioxide is 45:1; and a selectivity of silicon relative tosilicon-germanium is 1.3:1. The polishing composition of the presentinvention has high selectivity of silicon-germanium substrate relativeto silicon dioxide, and a high selectivity of silicon substrate relativeto silicon dioxide. Also, the selectivity can be adjusted upon practicaldemands, therefore the polishing composition can be regarded as thepolishing demand of the Fin-FET which adopted silicon-germanium as theprimary material.

The polishing composition of the present invention preforms excellenteffects on the removal rate, the relative selectivity of silicon andsilicon-germanium, with zero static etching rate. Besides, pH value ofthe polishing composition of the present invention is controlled in therange from 7 to 12, therefore the anionic additive will not producehydrofluoric acid which is harmful to human body. When the polishingcomposition is used for polishing silicon-germanium alloy substrate, thehazard of chemicals on human and environmental can be reduced.

The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain theprinciples of the disclosure and their practical application so as toactivate others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and variousembodiments and with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosurepertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, thescope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims ratherthan the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments describedtherein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A polishing composition for polishing asilicon-germanium alloy substrate, comprising: abrasive particles; acompound selected from the group consisting of vanadium pentoxide andsodium metavanadate, for carrying out a catalytic reaction and anoxidation reaction directly to the silicon-germanium alloy substrate;and a carrier solvent, wherein a content of the abrasive particles is ina range from 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, and a content of the compound havinghexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium is in a range from 0.01 wt% to 1.0 wt %; wherein the polishing composition further comprises ananionic additive, and a content of which is in a range from 0.01 wt % to0.2 wt %; wherein the polishing composition further comprises a halogenoxides compound of salts thereof, and a content of the halogen oxidescompound or salts thereof is in a range from 0.05 wt % to 5 wt %; andwherein a static etching rate of the silicon-germanium substrate is 0Å/min.
 2. The polishing composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein theabrasive particles are selected from colloidal silica or fumed silica.3. The polishing composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the anionicadditive is selected from the group consisting of potassium fluoride,sodium fluoride, trifluoroacetic acid, potassium trifluoroacetate, andsodium trifluoroacetate.
 4. The polishing composition as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the halogen oxides compound or salts thereof isselected from the group consisting of potassium perchlorate, sodiumperchlorate, potassium chlorate, and sodium chlorate.
 5. The polishingcomposition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier solvent compriseswater.
 6. The polishing composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein thepolishing composition has a pH value in a range of 7 to
 12. 7. Thepolishing composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polishingcomposition is used for a chemical mechanical polishing to asilicon-germanium substrate, a silicon substrate, and a silicon dioxidesubstrate.
 8. The polishing composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein acontent of germanium in the silicon-germanium substrate is in a rangefrom 10% to 80%.
 9. A polishing composition for polishing asilicon-germanium alloy substrate, consisting essentially of: abrasiveparticles; a compound selected from the group consisting of vanadiumpentoxide and sodium metavanadate, for carrying out a catalytic reactionand an oxidation reaction directly to the silicon-germanium alloysubstrate; and a carrier solvent, wherein a content of the abrasiveparticles is in a range from 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, and a content of thecompound having hexavalent molybdenum or pentavalent vanadium is in arange from 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %; wherein the polishing compositionfurther comprises an anionic additive, and a content of which is in arange from 0.1 wt % to 0.2 wt %; wherein the polishing compositionfurther comprises a halogen oxides compound or salts thereof, and acontent of the halogen oxides compound or salts thereof is in a rangefrom 0.05 wt % to 5 wt %.